Comments on: Interactive, Simplistic Design

By: Jim Mirkalami

Jim Mirkalami — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:27:39 +0000

I have been visiting this site a lot lately, so i thought it is a good idea to show my appreciation with a comment.

Thanks,
Jim Mirkalami

PS: I am a single dad

By: Kate Foy

Kate Foy — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:35:03 +0000

Hello Dean.
Really enjoyed your video on Design Matters. Great production that supports the principles you put out. White space rules!
Best wishes.

By: David Truss

David Truss — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:42:59 +0000

Some links around the Simplicity theme that you might like:
http://del.icio.us/dtruss/powerpoint
Dave.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:18:58 +0000

That was me….I’ll fire it up again sometime to demo when I’m working with teachers.

http://ustream.tv/channel/watching-charlotte

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:51:45 +0000

or was it Darren Draper? one of you had a puppy in a crate on Ustream….

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:43:43 +0000

Dean–thanks for the nod back to my blog. When I twittered about that, i was saddened that no one (known to me anyway) from my network responded. But I made the post b/c I thought it was awful close to the common craft material. The TV spot i saw really reminded me of the humming and describing how RSS works, etc. that we have all used in presentations. Oh how I wanted to write something about it, but I couldn’t quite put it into words. You have made a GREAT post about it.

PS–In my post “I Stream, UStream,…” I mentioned you b/c I think you were the first one to introduce me to UStream. Weren’t you th one who shared the Ustream of a puppy in a crate? Go back and read my blog–it was posted on October 6th (and should still be at the top of my TechnoTuesday Blog.)

By: Lee LeFever (Common Craft)

Lee LeFever (Common Craft) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:19:00 +0000

Thanks for the link Dean. I think there is something about the whiteboard format and we’ve been trying to figure it out. We’ve been talking a lot about signal vs. noise and how, using paper cut-out, you can focus on pure signal. When compared to a screencast for instance, it’s clear that there are numerous things on the screen – the noise interferes. We all need more signal in our lives.

By: Dustin Swanson

Dustin Swanson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:37:59 +0000

This is a great post Dean. The first thing I tell students when designing anything digital is about “Occam’s razor”. If there are two solutions – take the simpler. Sometimes communication is less about what is written and more about how it is written. I have found this site to be valuable for solid principles of web design: http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/